Ophidia

== Translingual == === Etymology === From the plural of Ancient Greek ὀφίδιον (ophídion, “snake”). === Proper noun === Ophidia (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – snakes or serpents, with no forelimbs and minimal manifestation of rear limbs, now Serpentes. A taxonomic clade within the subclass Squamata – modern snakes and all reptiles more closely related to snakes than to other living groups of lizards. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Ophidia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Ophidia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Serpentes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies